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Sliding Wye Extension
I ended up with a bit of a dilemma when laying out the Wye on the final section of my HOn3 PC&N Ry. In order to have the Wye fit and leave enough room for at least one engine and car at the far end, I would have to tighten up the Wye radius to 18". I really wanted to keep my 22" minimum radius but that meant the Wye wouldn't even have enough room for a single engine at the far end.
Colorado Front Range RR- January 2018 update
Here is where we are in January on getting the layout done. Look at a SD-9 with a TCS WOW 101 Decoder and a Look at the Western Foundries in Longmont and some trains running. Hope you enjoy this update
Mike
LA, Pasadena & Cucamonga RR: Backdrops...
Hello everyone,
Following some work i finally got the backdrop finished on the Pasadena subdivision. Since this is a disposable backdrop (wont survive a move most probably), i went for a lighter construction. It is made using EPS foam (30mm) and PVC sheets for the coved corners. Painted with acrylic house paint mostly.
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I am asking the MHR community for some help in solving a problem I created with my choice of layout scenery. My layout was originally conceptualized 25 yrs ago as a much smaller layout with no intention of adding a backdrop or anything like that. I started this current version with the old idea then expanded it because I had the room to do so. Although I do plan on adding a backdrop at some point, I didn't take this into consideration when I stuck with the basics of how I originally thought the scenery would look.
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When I last posted I had just completed adding rocks to the newest section of my layout. I flew to CA for vacation on 12/27 and am still here now in LA on business until Feb. Of course that means I don't get to work on the layout but before I left I took a few more photos to share after I had colored all the remaining white plaster with Woodland Scenics earth pigment. It really makes a huge difference. Even without grass or trees the layout starts to look more realistic.
Scratch building wooden platform Bolton Uk early 1900s
Hi! I have been working on a scratch built platform in wood over the last weeks. The prototype is Bolton Uk beginning of 1900. I fell i love and had to build one. Video tutorial (how-to) video will be published January 19th. Here's a few photos:
The Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad in Goldfield, Nevada
The Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad is my 10 x 18 HO depiction of southern Nevada mining railroads circa 1915. Starting with the founding of Tonopah in 1900, the discovery of significant mineral deposits led to the development of a series of towns including Goldfield and Rhyolite south of Tonopah.
Vignettes Along the Branch Line
Hello MRH community,
I am new here; however not new to MRH. I met some of the great folks that make MRH possible at the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver this last September and they urged me to share my modeling and photography endeavors with the MRH community. I hope to make some new friends and continue to learn and explore our passion we all share.
Vignettes Along the Branch Line
I creates this series in an attempt to capture the Model Railroad my friend and I have been building for the last 3 years. It’s still under development however I’ve reached enough of the missions to shoot a storybook of what we call the Longmont Terminal and Northern Railroad. It is a freelance layout based on the Colorado & Southern Line from Denver to Billings with Longmont being the focus of our front range railroad and it’s rural nature found in the 1940’s-1950’s.
I will add more images in the coming weeks as I get time. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.
2018 - 1st visitor to the layout if from Canada! I do find this fascinating
I do find this fascinating. People come to Arizona from all over the US, other Countrys and around the world for Vacation, Holiday, Business, Work etc. With the multitude of layouts in the valley.
The New 3-D Designed & Printed City Ice Building for Union Station
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